Our Mission: To serve individuals with physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities and hardship by providing equine assisted activities and therapies
to empower, inspire, nurture and succeed.
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If you love bourbon, you're really going to love this year's Jockeys & Juleps Bourbon Pull Raffle - generously sponsored by our friends at Buster's!
Offering 40 bottles valued between $30 and $300, don't miss your chance to win big! This year's pull features W.L. Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbon,
Blanton's Original Single Barrel Bourbon, Bib & Tucker 12-Year Bourbon,
and Jack Daniel's Limited Edition No. 6 Tennessee Whiskey!
Tickets are $25 each and there is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase. Tickets are on sale until 3PM central time Friday, April 30, 2021,
and Sales will close at 3PM central time Friday, April 30, 2021, before our drawing takes place at 5PM.
*Must be 21 or older to enter*
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Join us as a Virtual Event Sponsor
for our 6th Annual Jockeys & Juleps Derby Party!
Event sponsorship is 100% tax deductible. As an event sponsor, you will receive a Watch Party Celebration Box, logo and special recognition on our website and social media, logo and link on our Online Auction platform, and recognition in all press releases and event promotions.
Your sponsorship support will benefit all of the participants we serve, providing opportunity and achievement as they achieve success in the saddle.
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Special Thanks to our 2021 Jockeys & Juleps Sponsors for their amazing support this year! |
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JOIN US IN WELCOMING OUR NEW INSTRUCTOR
JEANNINE RICKER
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Jeannine was born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut, Jeannine has had a lifelong love of horses from an early age. She began riding when she was 9, and began volunteering at High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center in Old Lyme, CT in high school. Jeannine went on to receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Business Management, and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Healthcare Management. She previously served as an Instructor at Dream Catchers in Williamsburg, VA, and has been a PATH Intl. Certified Instructor since 2007; receiving her CTRI Certification in 2021.
Jeannine and her husband have three children, Ava, Julien, and Emily.
Jeannine will be teaching lessons on Saturday, and we are so glad she has joined our team!
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We were thrilled to host new volunteer training on March 18, adding 16 new friends into our Southern Reins' family! Keep an eye on our social media with the announcement for our next training, or contact Kendall Christian at Kendall.Christian@southernreins.org to sign up.
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We have several new riders in our Spring Session, so we are on the lookout for a new therapy horse to add to our programs. We are looking for a horse with a calm temperament that is healthy, sound, currently in work (and preferably able to walk, trot and canter), 15 to 16.1 hands tall, beginner-safe, and easy to handle on the ground and while being ridden.
We aren't breed-specific, but prefer non-gaited horses. Typically horses that are 10-18 years of age are the most suitable. Horse candidates should be within a 75 mile radius of Memphis, but we will travel for the right one.
The majority of our therapy horses are on loan to our program, but we may consider a donation for the perfect horse.
If you have or know of a unicorn that would make a good therapy horse candidate, or for more information, please email sara.zurenko@southernreins.org.
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Kendall Christian, our Volunteer and Program Coordinator, has recently stepped into a new role of Volunteer and Marketing Coordinator! In this new role, she will continue to manage volunteers and program initiatives, as well as our social media. In addition, she will be helping with marketing, communications, events and other promotions.
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March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, so we've been taking a little extra time to recognize our riders with developmental disabilities. They provide us with determination, creativity, and joy, and we are grateful to them for sharing their journey with us. We invite you to share this graphic and use the hashtag #DDawareness2021 to continue spread awareness to those with developmental disabilities. |
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IT'S BACK! Our signature $40 FILL A BAG TACK SALE is on Saturday, March 27 from 9AM to 11AM. We provide a 40 gallon bag, you make a donation of $40 per bag and fill it with everything from saddle pads, blankets, boots, tack and equipment, and more!
Please note we will be limiting the number of individuals in the sale area. All guests will have their temperature taken and must wear a mask.
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COLLIERVILLE COMMUNITY RECOGNITION |
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This month, Southern Reins attended the Collierville Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Awards 2020. We are humbled to have received our second nomination for Nonprofit of the Year, and would like to congratulate the Collierville Rotary Club on a well-deserved win for their impressive contribution to the community. |
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BREAK WEEK
This week, our Collierville campus is closed while our horses take some extra, well-deserved naps, and our facilities receive a fresh coat of paint. We will be back with our Spring Session on March 29.
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SOUTHERN REINS CENTER FOR EQUINE THERAPY
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